“protruded” is a form of
protrude
UK /pɹəˈtɹuːd/ · US /pɹəˈtɹud/ verb
Forms protrudes protruding protruded
- verb To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
- verb (also figurative) To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.
- verb (figurative) To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.
- verb (rare) To cause (something) to emerge.
- verb To extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out.
- verb (obsolete) To emerge with some speed; to shoot out.
Synonyms
protuberate jut stick out jut out project start pop pop out bulge bulge out bug out come out pouch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prōtrūdere, the present active infinitive of prōtrūdō (“to push or thrust forwards; to protrude”), from prō- (“prefix denoting a forward direction or movement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”)) + trūdō (“to push, shove, thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”)).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Locke.
- verb To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
- verb To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
Etymology [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “protrude”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details